# Fractures at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2024064888` · 6/4/2024 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 7580 Beechmont Ave, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking when they lost their footing on metal plates that cover electrical and plumbing equipment and fell. The employee sustained three fractured ribs and they were hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*